Modern Comfort Cooking turns ONE + GIVEAWAY!

Modern Comfort Cooking is a cookbook full of delicious meals of all your favorite comfort foods made fresh and new!

Can you believe it?

ONE YEAR!

Yep, yep. Today Modern Comfort Cooking turns a year old. Crazy how time flies. I remember announcing that I was writing a cookbook back in April of 2017. After the announcement, it was off to the races because I had less than three months to finish my manuscript and take all the photography! Whoa bessie.

But all that hard work paid off because I got to see the fruits of my labor with three amazing launch parties, reviews from major publications like Oprah & Real Simple. Plus, I teamed up with Olena Films to make Modern Comfort Cooking come to life with a cookbook trailer. Also, this trailer still gives me all the feels.

Even though it’s only been a year, Modern Comfort Cooking has given me so much. Yes, it sounds cheesy AF, but it’s true. Seeing people make the recipes from the cookbook makes my heart full. Having people tell me they got back into the kitchen because they were so excited to make a recipe. Hearing my photography has inspired someone to pursue their passion is what really this all about.

It’s not about me. It’s about YOU. YOU made the cookbook come to life and for that I can’t thank you enough. For your continued devotion to CGM to making all the crazy recipes I put in front of you to giving me a chance to do something that I am wildly passionate about.

With that, the best way to say THANK YOU and celebrate Modern Comfort Cooking is to giveaway a copy + $150 Gift Card to Nordstroms to one lucky reader!

To enter for a chance to win leave me a comment below telling me:

What’s your favorite thing to eat or cook during the holidays?

**THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED!! Congrats to CARLY!!!***

And speaking of the holidays, I thought I would put together an epic holiday menu or options from recipes straight out of Modern Comfort Cooking! I am obsessed with all of these recipes so you can’t go wrong. But feel free to mix it up and remember to have fun in the kitchen!

Breakfast/Brunch:

Almond Butter & Strawberry Croissant Pudding

Egg-In-A-Hole with Green Goddess Dressing

One-Pot Greek Biscuits & Gravy Cobbler

Steak & Egg Breakfast Pizza

Sides:

Twice-Baked Chicken Shawarma Stuffed Potatoes

Bacon & Kimchi Mac & Cheese

Easy Kale Queso

Bacon Blue Cheese Brussels Sprout Tater Tots

Entrees:

Slow Cooker Company Pot Roast Noodle Bowls

Vegetarian Osso Buco with Gouda Polenta

Shrimp Scampi Zucchini Noodle Bake

Beef Wellington-Stuffed Acorn Squash

Desserts:

Cranberry Gingerbread Baked Alaska

Miso-Caramel Apple Slab Pie

Champagne Marshmallow Treats

Pomegranate Kombucha Floats

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:One winner will receive a copy of Modern Comfort Cooking + $150 Gift Card to Nordstroms! Winner will be chosen at random and will be notified via email. The winner will have 24 hours to respond otherwise a new winner will be drawn. This giveaway will run from Wednesday December 5th to Sunday December 9th at 9pm MST. Open to US residents only.

I make a family recipe for Cheesy Potatoes and for a dessert I make an apple crumble made with crunchy granola instead of just oats!

Oh, where to begin?!
I’ll bake about 10 different kinds of cookies including a recent find of Gingerdoodles and a longtime favorite, Buried Cherries.
For friend gatherings, allllll the dips and some small bites.
For Christmas breakfast, orange marmalade muffins are a must.
For the family meal, I’m here for the sides: classic cheesy potatoes plus roasted brussels sprouts.
Cheers to one year!

I love to make appetizers! I’m not a big sweet tooth but give me anything savory and warm and I’m a happy girl! This is a fun giveaway!!

Alllllll the cookies. But my absolute favorite are these creme wafer cookies that my mom and I used to make! I don’t know what the cookies are actually called but they’re delicious delicate buttery and flaky gems with frosting sandwiched between. The recipe is on a super old handwritten index card covered with butter smears. I get as much joy from using the old family recipe as I do eating the cookies. 🙂

Cheeseballs always feel holidayish to me – probably because it’s the only time of year I eat them. I also love ableskivers, which are a tradition from the Danish side of my family. Fudge is another holiday family tradition for us. As I wrote this comment, I’m realizing that I probably can’t choose just one favorite. Lol.

Either homemade pirohi (pierogies) or black bottom chiffon pie. Both are time consuming to make, but so worth it in the end.

My favorite thing to bake and to eat during the holidays is stuffing! No turkey required, I like using many different recipes with lots of veggies, too. It magically only seems to taste extra delish between Thanksgiving and Christmas! So many of these recipes sure look scrumptious!

My favorite thing to eat during the holidays is Chocolate fudge. My favorite thing to make during the Holidays is Red Velvet cake.

I love making cinnamon rolls.

My favorite Christmas dish – got to be gingerbread. Not necessarily cookies but I love them too but made like a cake in a 8×8 or 9×9 pan. We eat it for dessert, for snacks or even for breakfast. If we’re having it for dessert, then I serve it with homemade whipped cream! Yum!

Christmas cookies with my mom and sister!!! We make six different kinds and spend the whole day listening to Christmas music together and having fun, best day of the year ❤️

It might be simple but my favorite thing to both make and eat at the holidays is gravy! It’s such a key ingredient to smother your food in after it’s plated. Just thinking about the stuffing and gravy I had at Thanksgiving is making my stomach grumble. 🤤

I am really experimenting with some new foods this year trying to get some traditions started! I’m really wanting to start a tradition of tamales on New Years! One of my favorite holiday foods is stuffing! YUM!

I’m always the cookie maker and I LOVE it!! I make a variety of cookies hitting all of the seasonal flavors. I always include my great grandma’ glazed orange cookies, which are a family favorite 🙂

I had never considered pairing pot roast with noodles, but when I did, I went completely nuts and added some jalapeño peppers to the mix, then just garnished with cilantro. I love you CGM. Lauren, you have made my kitchen happy again.

My favorite thing to make during the holidays is homemade cookies and brownies, they make the house smell good.

My favorite thing to bake during the holidays is an assortment of cookies that my son helps me decorate.

I have great memories of eating my mom’s Christmas morning coffee cake growing up. Just the thought of the yummy warm cake, fresh out of the oven and topped with streusel and cinnamon makes me hungry! It was always the best way to start off the Christmas festivities!

All types of cookies and appetizers but I love gingerbread and pumpkin. I also love anything made with buttenut squash and brussel sprouts. My favorites being butternut squash soup and root vegetable medley with Brussels sprouts and balsamic glsze. Love your recipes and thank you for the giveaway.

Oh gosh, I love to eat and cook so many things 😀 My favorite thing to eat for the holidays is probably snowball cookies (they go by lots of other names too). My favorite thing to cook is all the carbs…breads, muffins, cookies, casseroles, etc.